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It shouldn't be annoying when somebody politely and indirectly asks you to stop calling kidnapped slaves "immigrants."


But that's not what they did, they acted like people were already using that definition and started pulling out the wrong numbers.

Also can you explain why "involuntary migrant" is fine but "involuntary immigrant" isn't? (I mean I'd probably default to stronger language than "involuntary" but let's stick with that for now.)


Don't feed trolls.


That multiple people are clarifying that the slaves weren't immigrants (along with giving references) or that others have a different opinion about something or terms used, is not trolling.




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